Salt: Scotland’s Newest Oldest Industry launches at Blackthorn Salt, Ayr
25 Sep '23
Despite its long history and importance, the Scottish sea-salt industry is little known. Authors Christopher Whatley and Joanna Hambly have sought to...
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Kirsty Wilson discusses ‘Planting with Nature’ at Cambo Gardens
25 Jul '23
Cambo Gardens is truly one of Scotland’s hidden gems. Nestled on the east coast of Fife, Cambo is home to a stunning 2.5 acre walled garden that is...
See our authors at the Edinburgh International Book Festival!
29 Jun '23
Today, tickets for the much-anticipated Edinburgh International Book Festival have gone on sale! We have a fantastic selection of Birlinn and Polygon...
A Festival Over the Water
07 Nov '22
In the last days of October, we enjoyed the Tobermory Book Festival, ‘West over Sea’. The third outing for this superb small festival put the...
An Autumn Tour with Alexander McCall Smith: Part Two!
20 Oct '22
The next stop on the tour (read Part One of this blog first), travelling this time by train from St Pancras, was Letchworth. The lunchtime event with...
Launch of Edinburgh’s Greatest Hits
08 Sep '22
On Monday 22nd of August 2022, Born To Be Wide presented the launch of Edinburgh’s Greatest Hits at The Fruitmarket Gallery to celebrate...
2022: 75th anniversary year of Edinburgh’s first festivals
09 Aug '22
2022 marks the 75th anniversary of Edinburgh becoming the world’s festival home. Formed in 1947 to bring together people, cultures and ideas,...
Aye Write, 6th–22nd May 2022
03 May '22
Aye Write is back for 2022 with a live programme of over 200 events. Tickets are now on sale for all all three weekends from 6th to 22nd May. The...
Translation in Focus: Beyond Any Curtain
25 Mar '22
This year Scotland celebrates its Year of Stories – a year in which stories inspired by and created in Scotland will be showcased and platformed....
Highlights from Winter Words Festival 2022
22 Feb '22
Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s annual literary festival, Winter Words 2022, returned this February to kick off Scotland’s Year of Stories with an...
Highlights from EIBF 2021
31 Aug '21
Mara Menzies The live audience at the EIBF Sculpture Court theatre were held in suspenseful silence by Mara Menzie’s performance reading of a...
A New Chapter for The Edinburgh International Book Festival
24 Aug '21
This year, The Edinburgh International Book Festival are staging a hybrid programme of over 250 events from their new home at the University of...
